This is even better than the first Mario talent show we found back in 2005. This is hilarious for all of us that grew up with the NES.

Kind of like reliving history, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are competing for the same customers, with the same goals – to watch movies in high definition, much like the early 80’s war between Beta and VHS. Granted, that format war was for a much lower resolution and a completely analog format, but other than that, it’s pretty similar. Once again, in the end, it’s all about companies trying to make a buck, and the only one who loses out during the war is the consumer.

Just prior to CES, Warner Brothers, who had been the only big studio producing movies in both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, pledged their allegiance to the Blu-Ray camp, meaning a big loss for the HD-DVD camp. Apple recently has been rumored to start supporting the Blu-ray disc format as well. I just read too that Paramount may be ready to jump ship as well, leaving only Universal on the HD-DVD format.

Awhile back, I was really considering getting the HD-DVD addon for the Xbox 360, especially after a price drop. But after reading a couple reviews, the Xbox 360 allegedly sucks for playback of DVDs, standard and high def. It seems to do fine streaming MP4 movies from my Mac, but from everything I read, no so much on the actual disc playback. As loud as the 360 is, it’s not the optimal home theater piece anyway.

Regardless, I’m glad I didn’t jump on the HD deal, and it’ll probably still be awhile till we jump on the Blu-Ray. The longer we wait, the cheaper the prices will be and the more features the players will have. But, it’s really feeling like HD DVD is going to be the loser in this current format war, especially if it really does end up being only Universal supporting HD DVD.